SONGS OF THE HEATHER. 



The Land of the Bright Blooming Heather 



Here's a health to the land of the mountain and glen, 



To the land of the lake and the river, 

 Where the wild thistle grows in her rude, rocky den, 



Proud Freedom's stern emblem forever. 

 The land of the claymore, the kilt, and the plaid, 



The bagpipes, the bonnet, and feather; 

 Let's join heart and hand, all upstanding in pride, 



Here's the land of the bright blooming heather. 



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Here's a health to the land of the hero and bard, 



The birthplace of Ossian and Wallace; 

 The land of bright mem'ries, of brave hearts who 

 dared 



Gory death in each cause Freedom hallows. 

 The land of the eagle, the oak, and the pine, 



Where the free storms of heaven do gather ; 

 Let's join heart and hand, all upstanding in pride, 



Here's the land of the bright blooming heather. 



Here's a health to the land of the bannock and brose, 



The land of the sheep-head and haggis ; 

 Of warm hearts to friends, and cauld steel to foes, 



When to battle they venture to drag us ; 

 The land of braw lassies and leal-hearted men, 



Where beauty and worth twine together; 

 Let's join heart and hand, all upstanding in pride, 



Here's the land of the bright blooming heather. 



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